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Recent Examples of tween
In the summer of 2000, four tween friends formed a band called X-Cetra and burned an album onto a few CDs.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
More than two decades later, the tween magazines may have dwindled, but prom-goers are still shopping in-store.
—Camilia Fateh, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Adora is the author of an unexpected bestseller of ancient Greek works in translation, and works as a personal tutor to the tween boys of an ultra-wealthy New York couple.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Tatum hinted that Everly had inherited her mom and dad’s acting chops, as the tween could be seen getting into character alongside the Blink Twice actor.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
More than two decades later, the tween magazines may have dwindled, but prom-goers are still shopping in-store.
—Camilia Fateh, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Adora is the author of an unexpected bestseller of ancient Greek works in translation, and works as a personal tutor to the tween boys of an ultra-wealthy New York couple.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Tatum hinted that Everly had inherited her mom and dad’s acting chops, as the tween could be seen getting into character alongside the Blink Twice actor.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tween
Noun
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For a lonely teenager in a rural town, a young person exploring their identity, a migrant child keeping culture and family within reach or a neurodivergent child who finds the school corridor or the playground.—
Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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On June 12, the stylish teenager joined her family in attending her father David Beckham's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
12 June 2026
Noun
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In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Children might get a teepee tent and toys, while older kids might have cards, board games, boogie boards, or a volleyball net.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
Noun
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No, rest is for the lazy, the Caucasian adolescent, the indolent, the indulgent—until the age of thirty.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Gadd gained almost 90 pounds to play adult Ruben (Stuart Campbell in flashbacks), the fractured older-brother figure of Niall (Jamie Bell as an adult; Mitchell Robertson as an adolescent), while their mothers date each other.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The younger Iannaccone started as a youngster breading chicken cutlets and baking cookies with his grandmother, then worked with his dad.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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As these 50 million or so American youngsters (about 2 billion globally) begin to make their mark on the culture, Is your marketing department at least as savvy as an 8th grader?—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Three adults, as well as three juveniles, faced multiple criminal charges in the shooting.—
Ben Wheeler
June 12,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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The teen received an adult designation, which allows the judge to sentence the teen as a juvenile or an adult, or to allow rehabilitation before implementing an adult sentence.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Flesh wounds, fetid moppets, breastmilk-leaking nipples, and sudden gushes of blood make for a Monty Python-style of ribald humor that will alienate and enchant in equal measure.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
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With Pixar-wide eyes and a mop of intricately tousled, treacle-brown hair, the young David (voiced by Brandon Engman) presents here as a plucky, intrepid moppet in the typical cartoon-hero mold.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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My younger kiddo loves fruit and yogurt and can pretty much always go for a yogurt parfait.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
7 June 2026
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The kiddos—who just finished 8th grade and 5th grade, respectively—were also joined by their mother, Shayne, who is Lamas's third child.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
Noun
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This new Cannon offering, filled with chintzy special effects, a ludicrous story line and campy performances, will likely bore adults but have the kiddies clamoring for more.—
Jeffrey Ressner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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The folks behind the Golden Arches has just announced two new meals to mark the occasion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup— a new Adult Happy Meal and one for the kiddies.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
2 June 2026
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“Tween.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tween. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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